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Transportation in Peru |
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total: 1,988 km
standard gauge: 1,608 km, 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) gauge
narrow gauge: 380 km, 3 ft (914 mm) gauge
Not all railways in Peru link up.
Ferrocarril Central Andino was the highest railway in the world before 2006, surpassed by the recently constructed Qingzang railway in China. Starting in Callao port, from almost the sea level, it passes by Lima city and then reaches a peak-altitude of 4,818 m through a tunnel in the Anticona Pass (Ticlio, Lima). PeruRail runs most of the tourist and many freight operations in southern Peru from the port of Matarani to Cuzco and Machu Picchu.
For history, see [1].
Bolivia - Shipping from 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Chile – yes - a semi-isolated 1435mm line connects Tacna, Peru to port of Arica, Chile.
Ecuador – noSee Ferrocarril Central Andino
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See PeruRail
total: 85,900 km
paved: 45,000 km
unpaved: 40,900 km (1999 est.)
Inter-city travel in Peru is almost exclusively done in long distance buses.
8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lake Titicaca.
total: 7 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 65,193 GRT/100,584 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (1999 est.)
234 (1999 est.)
List of Peruvian Airports
Jorge Chavez International Airport, in Lima is Peru's main national and international gateway, with an estimate of 98 percent of all international flights into Peru landing at this airport.
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 44
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 17
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 190
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 67
under 914 m: 94 (1999 est.)
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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